Dr. Sciurba shares how her experiences as a fourth and fifth grade teacher in the Bronx led her to question assumptions about what makes reading relevant to students. She introduces her four dimensions of relevance—identity, spatiality, temporality, and ideology—and explains how these factors intersect to shape students' reading experiences.
Host Dr. Erin Bailey talks with Dr. Elena Forzani, a Boston University literacy researcher, about the evolving landscape of reading assessment and equity.
Learn how to help kids manage test anxiety with practical, reading-based strategies that build confidence, reduce stress, and support academic success.
In this episode of Reading Inspires, host Dr. Erin Bailey speaks with Dr. Lauren Loquasto, Chief Academic Officer at Goddard Systems, about supporting young children through big emotions and difficult conversations.
Learn how comic writing can boost student engagement and strengthen skills in character development, plot, dialogue, and story structure, while making writing fun.
Stauffer’s Simply Animals partners with Reading Is Fundamental for National Reading Month, celebrating snack time, story time, and a new book supporting children’s literacy.
In this episode of Reading Inspires, Dr. Erin Bailey speaks with Sabetha Wells, Quality Assurance lead at Stauffer's Biscuit Company, about the meaningful connection between snack time and story time as Stauffers celebrates 155 years and RIF marks 60 years.
